πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
accusative case of δωρεά as adverb; gratuitously (literally or figuratively): without a cause, freely, for naught, in vain.
